Homage paid to Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary

New Delhi: The nation remembered former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 28th death anniversary on Wednesday with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paying homage to the departed leader. Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Singh paid floral tributes at Shakti Sthal, the memorial of Gandhi, in New Delhi on Wednesday morning.

Devotional songs were played at the venue. A speech by Indira Gandhi was also played on the occasion. The former prime minister was assassinated by herbodyguards on October 31, 1984, the same year when she had launched 'Operation Blue Star' to crush secessionist movement in Punjab.